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Renowned Spinal Surgeon Treats Rusty Rham

Russell “Rusty” Rahm is an accomplished entrepreneur who serves as CEO of direct marketing services company Leading Edge Technology Strategies. A champion powerboat racer, Rusty Rahm underwent a successful artificial disc replacement (TDR) surgery at the Center for Spine and Orthopedics (CSO) in Denver, Colorado. He returned to powerboat racing only two months after surgery. Performing the operation was Dr. Michael Janssen, a good friend of Mr. Rahm and the founder of CSO. Dr. Janssen was one of the first surgeons in the United States to perform TDR. He began performing TDR in 2006 when the Food and Drug Administration approved ProDisc, a total disc replacement procedure. Dr. Janssen has since performed over 1,000 complex TDR surgeries. Over 150 surgeons from all over the world have received TDR surgery training under Dr. Janssen. He published an article in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, November 2015 edition, regarding TDR surgery’s long-term results. Like Mr. Rahm, Dr. Janssen engages in offshore powerboat racing.

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Music Streaming Continues to Rise as Full Album Sales Fall

For nearly 24 years, respected subscription industry leader Russell “Rusty” Rahm has driven operations at Subscription Ink Co. as president and chief executive officer in Shawnee, Kansas. Under the leadership of Rusty Rahm, Subscription Ink serves clients in a broad range of industries, including the growing business of music streaming. Apple Music and Spotify ranked as the two most popular platforms for music streaming in 2018, with 49.5 and 47.7 million subscribers, respectively. Other popular services included Pandora Radio, SoundCloud, and Google Play Music, with these three providers ranging from 21 to 37 million subscribers. The convenience and accessibility of these and other streaming platforms has resulted in audiences listening to more music than ever before, despite buying fewer albums. The first half of 2018 saw a 45 percent increase in on-demand streaming, with Drake’s “God’s Plan” alone racking up more than 1.1 billion streams. By the end of 2018, listeners in the United states had accounted for approximately 900 billion streams, making 2018 the most streamed year of music ever. While vinyl records have enjoyed something of a renaissance in recent years, physical and full album sales have fallen in the era of streaming subscriptions. About 141 million albums were sold in 2018, a sharp decline from 169.1 million units in 2017 and a precipitous drop off from a decade before, when more than 428 million albums were sold.

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Rating and Accreditation - the Better Business Bureau

An executive at Leading Edge Technology Strategies and Publishers Renewal Service Company in Shawnee, Kansas, Russell “Rusty” Rahm has more than 30 years of experience in the direct-marketing field. Rusty Rahm’s companies have been recognized with Inc Magazine’s Entrepreneurial Superstar awards in 2011 and 2012, and have earned an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau of Greater Kansas City. Part of the larger North American Better Business Bureau, the Better Business Bureau of Greater Kansas City is dedicated to helping consumers identify trustworthy charities and businesses. It also helps businesses maintain trust through a set of guidelines and achieve success through ethical behavior training. One of its programs is accreditation, which is founded on eight Standards of Trust: trust, honest advertising, honest representation of products and services, transparency, honoring contracts, responsiveness, integrity, and a commitment to the security and privacy of its customers’ information. Importantly, businesses are not required to seek accreditation by the Better Business Bureau to receive a rating, and accreditation by itself does not mean that the business has been endorsed or evaluated by the bureau. Its more comprehensive rating system awards ratings from A+ to F. When deciding on a rating, the bureau considers a number of factors, ranging from the business’s time in operation to its complaint history.